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Episome
UK
/ˈɛpɪsəʊm/
US
/ˈɛpɪsoʊm/
Translation of "episome" into Russian
episome
Noun
UK
/ˈɛpɪsəʊm/
US
/ˈɛpɪsoʊm/
episome
episomes pl
The episome can replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA.
Эписома может реплицироваться независимо от хромосомной ДНК.
Definitions
episome
Noun
UK
/ˈɛpɪsəʊm/
US
/ˈɛpɪsoʊm/
A genetic element inside some bacterial cells, especially plasmids, that can replicate independently of chromosomal DNA or integrate into the host's chromosome.
The episome can exist as an independent plasmid or integrate into the bacterial chromosome, affecting the host's genetic traits.
An extrachromosomal DNA molecule in eukaryotic cells, such as certain viral genomes, that replicates independently within the nucleus without integrating into the host chromosomes.
Certain viruses form episomes that persist in the nucleus of infected human cells without integrating into the chromosomes.